I've often thought that undead shouldn't have morale because they really don't have independent thought. They are controlled somehow by some necromancer (either at the moment or set loose eons ago) and function on only a primal level. Golems and other constructs/automatons would be the same.

Maybe even animals that rove in packs like wolves or dogs. And insects. Heck, I tend to ignore morale for orcs and kobolds and other "dumb" monsters, too. That's harder to defend, however, from a logic standpoint other than to argue some sort of "pack mentality" that keeps them attacking until they all die out.

"The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs, He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own." -- Gary Gygax"Don't ask me what you need to hit. Just roll the die and I will let you know!" -- Dave Arneson

If you are used to 3rd or 4th D&D then I can almost guarantee morale is underused in your game. It is a great way to distinguish between natural predators (they'll run if they can't get an easy meal or are really hungry), humanoids and packs (likely to break when their leader drops), and the very scary skeletons. If you have an evenly stated group of zombies and orcs fighting the players, the zombies are scarier precisely because they are relentless and fearless. The orcs will likely run after half are dropped.

It also works very well in a campaign where there are recurrent trips to a location (like Keep on the Borderlands) as the creatures that fled will also have healed and regrouped when the party comes back, and may take a different and more cautious approach to the party next time.

"Some creatures are immune to morale checks. Automatons, animated statues, golems, and other mindless creatures do not fear death and thus do nto make morale checks. The same is true of unintelligent undead such as zombies and skeletons."

"Some creatures are immune to morale checks. Automatons, animated statues, golems, and other mindless creatures do not fear death and thus do nto make morale checks. The same is true of unintelligent undead such as zombies and skeletons."

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